Comedy legend Carol Burnett, winner of multiple Emmys and Golden Globes, a Grammy, a Tony nomination, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, hasn’t retired from comedy just yet. At 84, she starred in a sitcom pilot for ABC that almost got picked up, being held for potential redevelopment. […]
Continue ReadingThroughout his 20 years performing standup, Maz Jobrani (author of the best-selling I’m Not a Terrorist, But I’ve Played One on TV and current star of Superior Donuts on CBS) has always been heavily influenced by current personal circumstance. After being given the comedy class homework of writing jokes about the statement “It’s hard being […]
Continue ReadingCarol Burnett is heading to Netflix. According to Deadline, the streaming network has ordered an unscripted half-hour series starring Burnett called A Little Help with Carol Burnett. The 12-episode series will be filmed in front of a live studio audience and feature Burnett “and a panel of straight-talking 4-8-year-olds as they demonstrate how different generations […]
Continue ReadingNate Bargatze is Jimmy Fallon’s favorite stand-up comedian, and Bargatze has the Tonight Show credits to back that up. Nate also has gone on tour with Fallon, multiple tours to entertain the troops in Iraq and Kuwait, and has two hit comedy albums to boot: Yelled At By A Clown and Full Time Magic. Those […]
Continue ReadingThis week we have not one, but two stand-up specials drop on us. Surprisingly enough, they’re both about the minority… MORE
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How’s your Hinglish? That’s not a rhetorical question. Because Aditi Mittal, the first Indian woman to get her own Netflix hour comedy special, freely mixes English and Hindi in Things They Wouldn’t Let Me Say. Most of her work translates easily. But as I wrote in my review on Decider: “I realized that being 30 […]
Continue ReadingIs Joe Mande using the power of “The Secret” with the title of his first Netflix hour comedy special? Not exactly. As I wrote in my review on Decider: The conceit, in fact, is that Mande wants to win the (fictitious) “American Humour Award,” and before we see him perform any actual stand-up, Mande talks to […]
Continue ReadingJoe Mande’s Award-Winning Comedy Special hit Netflix early this morning. The premise of Mande’s first “televised” hour is that he has been intensely studying and training with the goal of creating a special so good it will be awarded the prestigious (and completely made-up) American Humour Award. The training montage-style intro showcases his writing ability, […]
Continue ReadingLast year it was reported that Simpsons creator Matt Groening had a new animated series in the works at Netflix, and today the voice cast for the project was revealed. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the series – titled Disenchantment – has officially been picked up by Netflix for 20 episodes, and Abbi Jacobson, Nat […]
Continue ReadingStand-up comic Maz Jobrani is about to release his fourth special (fifth, if you count the multi-comic Axis of Evil Comedy Tour),… MORE
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